Reversible seat



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' P. H. HENRY.

REVERSIBLE SEAT. No. 294,874. Patented Mar. 11, 1884.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED H. HENRY, OF WVAKEFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

REVERSIBLE SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,874, dated March11, 1884. Application filed November 1883. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED H. HENRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wake field, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inReversible Seats; .and

I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to that type of carseats which are constructedwith a pivoted seat so combined with the reversible back that inreversing such back the seat is simultaneously tilted back a little'forthe sake of in creasing the comfort of an occupant.

My invention consists of the combination, with the pivoted seat and thestriker-arms of the reversible back, of a pair (or two pairs) ofsuspension-rods, which carry the seat, and are so pivoted to thestriker-arms that, while they are adapted to tilt the seat on reversalof the back, they will act to hold or lockthe seat in its tiltedposition.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have illustratedin the annexed drawings, and will proceed to describe, one form thereof.

Figure 1 is a transverse section of my i1nproved car-seat. Fig. 2 is asimilar transverse section, showing the back in the reverse position.Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate details.

The same letters of reference indicate identical parts in all thefigures.

In its general construction the car-seat illustrated does not differfrom the ordinary carseat in general use, it being composed of a coupleof stands, A, suitably connected together, the seat B, and thereversible back 0, provided at each end with a striker-arm, D, by whichit is pivoted at (Z to the stands A, on which latter suitable lugs, a a,are formed for supporting the striker-arms at points near the back. Theseat is supported at its ends, at its mid-width, on studs a, which arefixed to or formed on the stands, and project into vertical slots la inthe end bars of the seat, half-boxes b being applied to the seat to formsuitable bearings, as clearly shown in Fig. 4.

The pivoted end of the striker-arms is suitably enlarged for theattachment thereto of the upper ends of the suspension-rods E E, whichextend, respectively, to points at the end of the seat, near the cornersthereof, where they are pivoted to the seat, as clearly shown. Thepoints where the suspension-rods are pivoted to the striker-arm are solocated that when the back is in proper position force or weight appliedto the seat on either side of its pivot's will only tend to hold thestrikerarms of theback with increased force against the lugs a. In otherwords, the back cannot be reversed by pressure on the seat, and the seatis held looked in either position by the suspension-rods. Though Iprefer to give the seat a bearing on the studs a, that is not absolutelynecessary where a pair of suspension rods is applied to each end of theseata construction which I regard as the best. In that case the studs aneed merely to act as pivots, not as supports, for the seat, since theseat will be sufficiently supported by the suspension-rods. The standsmay be provided with projections a to aid in supporting the seat at thelower side. By so connecting the suspension-rods to the seat that theymay be readily detached-therefrom, provision is made for a convenientremoval of the seat.

While I have described my invention as applied to car-seats, it isobvious that it is equally applicable to reversible hall-seats and allother kinds of reversible seats.

I claim as my invention The combination, substantially as before setforth, of the stands, the seat pivoted thereto, the back constructedwith striker-arms, by which it is pivoted to the stands, and thesuspension-rods for supporting, tilting, and looking the pivoted seat,each suspension-rod being at-one end pivoted to a striker-arm,substantially as described, and at the other end to the seat.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED H. HENRY.

Vi'tnesses JOHN A. ANDERSON, EUGENE O. BRYANT.

